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Strange Family FolkloreDriving Ms VelmaOnce again, Mom and I were busy in the kitchen, when she started dropping some delicious details from her childhood. I’d heard different stories about her learning how to drive, but she added some curious flavor to this retelling.2024-01-0710 minStrange Family FolkloreStrange Man of Many TalentsDuring this year’s Strange Family Reunion, we honored 12 second freeborn generation elders. My mother, Velma Mae Roberson, was one of the honorees, along with two of her older brothers. I managed to pull my Uncle Herbert aside for a short interview.2023-07-0412 min
Missing in the CarolinasEp 37-North Carolina Women Who PoisonedWe take a look at three women--Blanche Taylor Moore, Velma Barfield, and Nannie Doss--who murdered multiple people in North Carolina by using poison.
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Sound Editing by Mia Roberson2022-01-3019 min
Perfect Timing MultisportPerfect Timing Multisport Ep. 023 with Keshia RobersonOn this week’s episode of PTM Podcast, we interviewed Keshia Roberson who you might remember from Episode 03 of our podcast. Keshia is currently organizing the 1928 Legacy Tour, a part of A Major Knox Legacy Adventures series, to honor Marylou Jackson, Velma Jackson, Ethyl Miller, Leolya Nelson and Constance White — five Black women who biked 250 miles over three days from Harlem to Washington D.C. Hear all about how you can follow and support this amazing adventure that centers and honors the legacy of these Black women.
To follow the riders use #AMKLA #1928LegacyTour to follow the adve...2021-02-2453 minStrange Family FolkloreHealing Gifts & Middle NamesIn this episode, I interview my mother, Velma Mae Roberson, one of Jesse Strange’s grandchildren, about some remaining questions I have from reading a book about our family history called, “Reflections of a Proud Strange Family.” We start off by discussing her Uncle Jessie Strange who has the same sounding name as her grandfather, but it’s spelled slightly different. 2020-12-3008 minStrange Family FolkloreDetangling the Family TreeIn this episode, I interviewed my mother who was born Velma Mae Strange, the youngest of 6 children born to Floyd B. Strange and Beatrice Adams Strange. My Grandfather Floyd, who Mom still affectionately refers to as "Daddy," was the 11th child of the First Freeborn Generation. Mom's mother was famously known as "Mama Bea," by all her grandchildren, such as me. But what's in a name? Mom attempts to clarify our ancestral family tree, which is full of duplicate names and intermarriages. See if you can keep it straight. 2020-11-1713 min